Review and development trend of fault diagnosis methods for aircraft power supply system

Abstract

The aircraft power supply system is the power source of all electrical equipment on board，thus its safety and reliability are pretty important. Against the backdrop of environmental protection and high-efficiency development needs，research and application of more/all electric aircraft technology with electric power as the core is advanced. The widespread use of electric drive devices and power electronic devices has led to the complexity of aircraft power supply system structure，which puts forward higher requirements for aircraft reliability，safety，testability and maintainability，so that researches on fault diagnosis technology for aircraft power supply systems are of great significance. In this paper，firstly the composition structure and respective functions of aircraft power supply system are introduced. Secondly，the development process of aircraft power supply system is outlined. Thirdly，the characteristics of typical domestic and foreign power supply systems are compared. Fourthly，the main failure modes，fault characteristics and failure causes of aircraft power supply system are summarized，and a design architecture of aircraft power health management system is proposed. Fifthly，the research progress of fault diagnosis methods based on model and data are reviewed，then，the characteristics of various diagnostic methods are evaluated from aspects such as accuracy，data demand，applicability and implementation difficulty. Finally，the challenges and development trends of fault diagnosis technology for aircraft power supply system are pointed out.

Keywords

• power supply system
• power electronics
• more electric aircraft
• failure modes
• fault diagnosis